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No. 415,052. Patented Nov. 12. 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

YVILLIAM A. MILLER, OF COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS, AND SAMUEL J. GOMPERS, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

CASE-HOLDING BRACKET FOR COMPOSlNG-STANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,052, dated November12, 1889.

Application filed November 9,1888. Serial No. 290,377- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. MILLER, of Council Grove, Kansas, andSAMUEL J. GOM- PERS, residing at New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCase -Ho1ding Brackets for Composing- Stands, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the ac- I0 companyingdrawings.

This invention relates to case-supports or bracket attachments forcomposing-stands for printers use; and it consists in attachments forthe ordinary composingestand by which IS the cap-case is brought intomore convenient position for the compositor.

Figure 1 is a partial end view of a composing-stand of the usualconstruction, showing the ends of the cases and the cap-case supports inposition. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of so much of the cap-case andframe as is necessary to show the mode of attachment of thecase-support. Fig. 3 indicates a mode of attaching the bracket to securea different 2 5 inclination.

A indicates the upper portion of a composing-frame, and B the top barthereof, on which the case 0 and cap-case D are usually supported. Thetop bars B of the frame are usually made with a notch or shoulder E,against which the cap-case rests when supported on the frame, thecap-case then being in rear of the lower case and supported at a steeperincline. In setting up type from the cap-case the compositor usually hasto reach entirely across the lower case and so far as maybe necessaryinto the cap-case to procure the proper letters or sorts. This isinconvenient, and compositors frequently move the cap-case for- 4o wardand rest it on the lower case when required to set a display-line or twoin caps or small caps. The present invention obviates this objection toa great extent.

A pair of brackets of similar construction are attached to the frame andsupport the front edge of the cap-case a little above and in front ofthe rear edge of the lower case. Each bracket has a base H, which isscrewed or otherwise secured to the top bar of the frame. A standard I,as long as may be desired to raise the case, extends from the base H.This standard should be at a right angle with the base II. The standardI supports a socket or clamp K to receive the front of the upper case.The clamp K will by preference be provided with a thumb-screw L,whichmay be turned to hold the case firmly.

The rear side of the uppercase can be held up by any convenient support,as by a strip of wood M, screwed or otherwise fastened to the stand. WVehave devised a metallic T- bracket; but one or two small strips of woodwill answer as well. The front of the case being firmly held by clamp K,a single supportfor the rear of the case will generally be sufficient.

We prefer to make the brackets H I K of metal. If of wrought or rolledmetal, the angle between the parts II I maybe changed by bending. If ofcast metal, the brackets may be applied with a riser, as in Fig. 3, soas to change the inclination and throw the clamp more or less forwardover the lower case.

The cap-case should be far enough above the figure-boxes of the lowercase to give easy access to the same. We have found that the removal ofthe upper case a very few inches from its usual position in rear of thelower.

case largely facilitatesthe ease and rapidity of type-setting.

For a toy or sort case a single bracket will sometimes be a sufficientsupport.

What we claim is 1. A bracket attachment for composingframes having abase for attachment to the frame, a standard, and a clamp for the caseoffset from the standard, so as to support the front of the uppercase alittle above and in front ofv the rear of the lower case, substantiallyas described. v

2. The combination, with a composingframe, of a rear support for thecap-case, and

brackets attached to said frame, offset to project over the lower case,and having clamps for thefront of the cap-case, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, with a eompesing- Intestimonywhereof weaflixoursignatures frame, of a bracket projecting above the in presence of twowitnesses. lower case and provided with a retainin-g- WILLIAM A. MILLER.clamp and set-screw to secure the front of SAMUEL J. GOMIERS. 5 theupper case, and a separate supporting- \Vitnesses:

piece for the rear of the upper case, substan- L. I. ON EAL, tially asdescribed. (I. W. BOHLMANN.

